Calcutta Mail
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| Calcutta Mail | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Sudhir Mishra |
| Written by | Gunasekhar Sudhir Mishra Saurabh Shukla |
| Based on | Choodalani Vundi |
| Produced by | C. Ashwini Dutt Allu Aravind Mukesh Udeshi |
| Starring | Anil Kapoor Rani Mukerji Manisha Koirala |
| Cinematography | Ravi K. Chandran S. Kumar |
| Music by | Anand Raj Anand Viju Shah |
Production company | |
Release date |
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Running time | 127 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹5.75 crore[1] |
| Box office | ₹4.34 crore[1] |
Calcutta Mail is a 2003 Indian action thriller film starring Anil Kapoor, Rani Mukerji and Manisha Koirala. It was directed by Sudhir Mishra. The film is a remake of the 1998 Telugu film Choodalani Vundi.[2][3][4][5]
Plot
[edit]Avinash comes to Calcutta to search for his only son, Ishu, and finds himself engulfed with too many people interested in him. His only lead is a telephone number given to him by a cop before coming to Calcutta. As soon as he lands in Calcutta, he needs a place to stay. Here, he meets Reema, aka Bulbul, a bubbly novelist who is supposed to be doing research for her novel. The room that Avinash gets is occupied by Bulbul. She refuses to vacate, so Avinash stays there too (though he sleeps outside the room). Bulbul falls in love with Avinash and becomes the light in his dark life.
There are flashbacks throughout the movie. Sanjana and Avinash once lived in Calcutta with their only child, Ishu. One day, Avinash witnessed a crime being committed and came to the assistance of the victim, taking him to the hospital. This did not augur well with his assailants, and they killed Sanjana and abducted their child. The police were involved but were unable to trace the child.
A heartbroken and desperate Avinash decides to take matters into his own hands and begins inquiring. His inquiries take him to Mumbai via the Calcutta Mail, and this is where he will find out whether his son is alive or not, or whether he has been lured into a deadly trap.
Cast
[edit]- Anil Kapoor ... Avinash
- Rani Mukerji ... Bulbul / Reema
- Manisha Koirala ... Sanjana
- Satish Kaushik ... Sujan Singh
- Sayaji Shinde ... Lakhan Yadav
- Saurabh Shukla ... Ghatak
- Deven Verma ... Reema's grandpa
- Ganesh Yadav ...
- Shivaji Satam ... Rana Rastogi
- Tarun Shukla
- Tara Mehta
Music
[edit]Lyrics were written by Mehboob Alam Kotwal and Javed Akhtar.[6]
| # | Song title | Singer(s) | Music Director(s) | Lyricists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Zindagi Hai Kya Pyar Ke Bina" | Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan | Viju Shah | Mehboob |
| 2 | "Tum Agar Mauj Ho Koi To Kinara Hu" | Udit Narayan | Viju Shah | Javed Akhtar |
| 3 | "Kahan Pe Meri Jaan Jaogi" | Pamela Jain, Adnan Sami | Anand Raaj Anand | Mehboob |
| 4 | "Pyar Se Dekh Le Ek Nazar" | Hamsika Iyer, Sonu Nigam | Anand Raaj Anand | Mehboob |
| 5 | "Ye Saaheb Ajeeb Hai" | Sujata Trivedi | Viju Shah | Javed Akhtar |
| 6 | "Bheegi Bheegi Hawa Hai" | Shaan, Kavita Krishnamurthy | Viju Shah | Javed Akhtar |
| 7 | "Intezar Hai Tera" | Sukhwinder Singh | Viju Shah | Javed Akhtar |
| 8 | "Meri Jaan Meri Jaana" | Alka Yagnik, Nitin Raikwar | Viju Shah | Javed Akhtar |
Development
[edit]This movie is based on the 1998 Telugu film, Choodalani Vundi.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Calcutta Mail – Movie". Box Office India.
- ^ "Calcutta Mail finally arrives - Times of India". The Times of India.
- ^ "Anil's cleverly packaged one-man show".
- ^ "Calcutta Mail - movie review by Amit Parikh - Planet Bollywood".
- ^ "Calcutta Mail Review 1.5/5 | Calcutta Mail Movie Review | Calcutta Mail 2003 Public Review | Film Review". Bollywood Hungama.
- ^ "Calcutta Mail - music review by Ron Ahluwahlia - Planet Bollywood".
- ^ "'Anil, Rani are not stars. They're good actors'". Rediff. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
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